Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Facebook Made Easier with Free Guide

In the world of non-profits, free can be good. John Haydon, founder of Inbound Zombie, a social media strategy firm, has written a free e-book to help guide small non-profit organizations through the Facebook jungle – The Complete Facebook Guide for Small Non-Profits.

 

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Filled with practical step-by-step explanations, case studies, and video tutorials, the 104-page e-book is “a comprehensive ‘brain-dump’ of strategies and tactics … to help small nonprofits get more out of using Facebook.” It tackles the tough Facebook questions most often asked by non-profit board members, staff and volunteers:

  • Do we need a Facebook Page or a Facebook Group?
  • How do we measure engagement with Facebook Insights?
  • How do we put a Facebook Page Fanbox on our non-profit’s website – and how can we customize it?
  • How can we get our Facebook likers to donate?
  • What the heck are “Community pages”?  

The only catch? In order to download your free copy, you must visit the InboundZombie Facebook Page and hit the “Like” button to reveal the download link. Which, really isn’t a catch at all – it’s just smart marketing and a good lesson about how to increase social media engagement for any size organization.

 

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Google Adds Facebook Pages to Real-time Search

Want the absolute most up-to-date information on any hot or trending topic? Just Google it. Google’s new real-time search feature means you get more than the latest news, images and web content – you access conversations.

The real-time search function launched December 2009, and originally included Twitter, blogs, news, Web sites, Yahoo Answers and MySpace. Google added Facebook fan pages weeks later.

The stream doesn’t currently include public Facebook profiles, which limits the feedback from individual users. However, companies can keep a finger on the real-time pulse of what followers of fan pages are saying about them – the good, the bad and the ugly.

While having what people are saying about you take a front-and-center spot in the world’s most popular search engine might seem scary, being able to monitor and participate in those conversations so efficiently should be an exciting new possibility for marketers. More importantly, including Facebook fan pages in results will help publicize the pages to new potential fans.

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Facebook Fan Box Widget Launches

Looking for a way to seamlessly integrated your website and your Facebook Fan page? Want to drive people from your Facebook page to your website…or vice versa? The new “Fan Box” Facebook widget is for you.

The widget displays most recent posts, list of other fans (including viewers’ friends) and allows the viewer to become a fan of the Facebook page without leaving the website they’re viewing. Next time they log on Facebook, the fan page is part of their stream. Facebook Connect allows users to authenticate with Facebook without leaving your website.

Here’s how it looks on the World Wildlife Fund’s website:

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Available to page administrators, Fan Box is available by clicking “Add Fan Box to your site.”

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